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No. 498,280. Patented May 30, 1893;

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MAX MANUEL, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

STATION-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,280, dated MayBO,1893.

Application filed September 5, 1892- Sen'al No. 445,100. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAX MANUEL, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Vienna, Austria-Hungary, have invented anew and useful Informer of Stations and Advertisements, (for which Ihave obtained patent in no country,) of which the following is aspecification.

The object of my present invention is to provide a station-indicator, tobe placed in the cars of a rail-road train, simple and durable inconstruction, and reliable in operation.

The invention consists in the improvedstation-indicator, its operatingand controlling mechanism, and the arrangement and combination of thevarious parts thereof, substantially as will be hereinafter more fullydescribed and finally embodied in the clauses of the claim.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts in each of the severalfigures.

Figure 1 is afront elevation of my improved apparatus, with the cover orinclosing box removed. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line w of Fig. 1.Figs. 3 and 4 are inside views of the Plates I and IV respectively, alsoillustrating those parts, which are arranged on said plates.

In said drawings, I, II, III, and IV, represent the frames, secured in abox in any desired manner. Within the frames II and III, arearranged'the take-up rollers W and W and the guide rollers F, F F and FF E.

On the said take-up rollers is wound a paper strip 1), on which thenames of the different stationsand also any desired advertisements areprinted. The shafts of the rollers W and W are operated and controlled.by the mechanism, arranged between the frames I and II, and the framesIII andIV respect ively, in such a manner, that only one of said rollersis operated at one time. For said purpose, the main or driving spring Goperates a gear wheel R, and through intermediate pinion T and gearwheel R, the pinion T secured to the shaft of the upper take-up rollerW; but, when the said driving spring with its gear wheel R is shifted,the motion is transmitted, through intermediate pinion T* and gear wheelR to the pinion T on the I shaft of the lower roller W as will behereinafter more fully described.

The speed of rollers W and W is regulated by gear wheels R and Itrespectively, controlled by fans V and V as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and3 of the drawings.

ber of revolutions of the take-up rollers, their respective shafts arealso provided with gear wheels R and R meshing into pinions T and T thelatter being secured to shafts, carrying the escapement wheels S and Srespectively. Each of said wheels is provided with a series of pins 8,adapted to be engaged by the extending portions of armature a, operatedby electro-magnet E.

The driving spring G is wound up by means of lever H operating by pawlsa ando the ratchet a which .latter is secured to the ver H, the saidspring carrying shaft with its gear wheel R, can be moved laterally inits bearings Z and Z whereby the gear wheel R disengages the pinion Tand engages the pinion T thus disconnecting and connecting the driving.mechanism of the upper and lower take-up rollers simultaneously.

indicators are placed in each car, and the the train, the abovedescribed operation is next following station. When the train is aboutto return to its starting point, the lever H 1s shifted, so that thelower roller W One or more of the above described station- The extendingportion of said arma-' appears on the face of the indicator. Wheneverthe station thus indicated is reached by To regulate and control thetime or numspring carrying shaft. By means of said lewires, connectingthe electro-magnets of said repeated, thus indicating the name of theIOC is put in direct connection with the driving mechanism, and theoperation is then the same as above described.

I do not intend to limit myself to the construction shown and described,as various alterations can be made, without changing the scope of myinvention, but

WhatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination in a station indicator, of the take up rollers, witha spring drum, a gear wheel controlled by said spring drum, pinionsadapted to mesh with said spring drum alternately, intermediate gearwheels keyed to the shafts of said pinions and with pinions meshing withsaid intermediate gear wheels and keyed respectively to the shafts ofthe take up rollers and with mechanism adapted to both wind said springdrum and to move it laterally with its gear wheel'alternately intoengagement with the mechanism for alternately revolving the take uprollers, substantially as described.

2. The combination in a station indicator of the take up rollers XV, Wwith a spring drum G, gear wheel R integral therewith, pinions T, Tadapted, alternately, to mesh with said gear wheel R, gear wheels R Rkeyed to the shafts of said pinions T, T, pinions T T adapted to meshwith said gear wheels R R and keyed respectively to the shafts of thetake up rollers W W and the wing escapements V V adapted to control therevolution of the shafts carrying the pinions T T and take up rollers VW and with a lever H adapted to both wind said drum G and to move it andthe gear wheel R alternately into engagement with the pinions T Twhereby said take up rollers W W are alternately revolved, substantiallyas described.

3. The combination in a station indicator, of the take up rollers W, Wand means for alternately revolving said rollers, with the gear wheels RR keyed respectively to the shafts of said rollers W, W pinions T Tmeshing with said gear wheels R R and escapements S S carriedrespectively by the shafts of pinions T T substantially as described.

4. The combination in a station indicator, of the take-up rollers W Vand means substantially as described for alternately revolving saidrollers, with the gear wheels R R keyed to the respective shafts of saidrollers, pinions T T, meshing with said gear wheels R R and theescapements S S carried by the shafts of said pinions T T and with anelectro-magnet E, and its armature a, said armature being adapted toalternately release said escapements S S substantially as described.

5. The combination ina station indicator of the take up rollers W Wspring drum G carrying the gear wheel R, pinions T, T, alternatelymeshing with said gearwheel, intermediate gear wheels R R carried by theshafts of pinions T T, pinions T T meshing with the gear wheelsR' R andkeyed to the shafts of said rollers W W, escapements V V adapted tocontrol the revolution of the shafts of said rollers W W and lever I-Iadapted to both wind said drum G and toqthrow the gear wheel Ralternately intoengagement with the pinions T T whereby said rollers W,W are alternately revolved, and with the gear wheels R R, keyed to theshaftsof said rollers W W pinions T, T, meshing with said gear wheels 11,11 andrespectively controlled by the escapements S S and'with anelectro-magnet E and its armature a, said armature being adapted whenactuated by said magnet to alternately release the escapements S S andthereby control the revolution of the take up rollers, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

MAX MANUEL.

WVitnesses:

MORIZ GELBHAUS,

A. SCHLESSING.

